Folding metal bed.



No. 634,l|0. Patented Oc't. 37 i899.

A. HULK. FOLUIIEIETAL BED.' (AppmmhmeaLpr 21 was) (No Indem' 5 wumviiozUIxTITnDV STATES,

PATENT OFFICE ANDREW HOLM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING wil-:TALV BED'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No..634,1.10, dated Detober3, 1 899.

Apbiicaion niet lien 21,1899.

To a/ZZ whom it mctypconcern.:

Beit known that I, ANDREW HOLM, a citizen of the United States, residingatV Chicago, in'v the county of Cook and State of.lllinois, haveinvented'certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Metal Beds; andI do de-v clare the following to bea full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same. p

My present invention relates to improvements in folding beds, and moreparticularly to that class of which the Letters Patent Nef 624,493,granted to me on the 9th day of May, l899,may be taken as a type; andthe object is to improve and simplify the construction therein setforth, yand-thereby increase the utility of the same. To this end theinvention consistsin certain features of construction and combination ofparts, which will be hereinafter more particularly described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings the samereference characters indicate thesame parts,t Y

' post and in the same horizontal plane With of the invention. A

Fignrel is a side elevation of my improved folding metal bed as itappears set up for use. Fig. 2 shows the bed folded. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 3 3.of Fig. 1. Fig.V 4 is a detail viewofone of the telescoping foot-posts. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view ofone of the hinged post-joints. -Fig. 6 is a similar view of theinterchangeable side rail.

` The head-piece 'consists of the rigid cornerposts 1 l' and acorresponding intermediate swivel-post 2. The horizontal parallel braces3, 3,', and 32 extend from the solid sockets 12 ou the post 1 to theupper half-sections 4 of the hinged sockets a, fixed to the post 2, andthe shorter braces 5, 5', and 52 extend from the solid sockets 13 on thepost 1 to the lower half-sections 4', loosely encompassingthe post 2 andforming the opposite half of the socket of.. -This constructionpractically divides the head into two panels, of which the swivelep'os't2 is the dividing-line, and it' permits of one panel being folded backupon the other panel to reduce the size for-storage, transportation, andthe like. l

The foot is formed in a somewhatsimilar manner, except that the postsare formed in two sections consisting of thefrigid posts Al Serial No.713,828. (No model.)

termediate post A of the foot-piece is formed with. a notch A to receivethe bentend of the spring-*pawl B', iixed on the telescopic g sleeve Bto limit the upward movement of the telescoping section when ithasbeeuJa-ised to the same height as the head-piece, so that both head andfoot piece will present a'nniform appearance when the bed is folded.

6 denotes the bed-bottom frame, which is provided with thelongitudinally-aimed trunnions 7 7,'jonrna1ed in the sockets 8 8 topermit the bottom being turnedV n p vertically and the head and footpieceswfolded in'parallel therewith, as shown in Fig. 2.

9,9 denote the sockets, whiclrare formed with the lateral arms 10 10 tosupport the front edge of the bottom when horizontal.

12 denotes the single back or side rail, the opposite ends of which areprovided with the lateral tongues 13 13, which are removablysecured inthe sockets 14 by the set-screws 15. These sockets 14 14 are rigidlyfixed to the head-post 1' and tothe corresponding footthe sockets 1Q lO,which are secured to posts on the opposite end posts of the head andfootpieces. This construction permits of the rail being 'removed and thehead and foot p'ieces being reversed when' desired to lit any particulary place.

'1'6 denotes the stationary top of the bed when folded, and 17 thehinged cover, which is folded when the bed is in'use and is opened outto cover the upper edge of the mattress and present an ornamentalappearance when the bed is folded.

18 denotes a curtain-pole concealed under the projecting dange of thetop 16 'to receive asliding curtain and conceal the bed-bottom andsprings.

AThe accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now knownto me; but many changes in the details might be' made within the skillof a 'goed mechanic without departingfrom the spirit of my invention asset forth in the claim at the end In a folding bed of the classdescribed, the

and the telescoping sleeves B Ba, and the in- A f horizontally-foldingfoot-piece provided with a telescopic section; in combination Wit-h themy hand in presence of two subsorbingwthead-piece, and the side railsconnecting said nesses. foot and head piecesand means for automateallylimiting the upward movement of said Vituesses: telescopio section,substantially as and foll the A. W. FULTON,

purpose set forth.

ANDREW rHoLM.

VERONICA. F. MAsT.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set

